GM002
Pirang Forest Park


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species Red List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis LC resident 1998 present A3
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra LC resident 1998 present A3
Green Turaco Tauraco persa LC resident 1998 present A3
Red-legged Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus LC resident 1998 unknown A3
West African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus LC resident 1998 present A3
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus LC resident 1998 present A3
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer LC resident 1998 present A3
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens LC resident 1998 present A3
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota LC resident 1998 unknown A3
Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura LC resident 1998 present A3
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus LC resident 1998 present A3
Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura LC resident 1998 unknown A3
Leaf-love Pyrrhurus scandens LC resident 1998 present A3
Green Hylia Hylia prasina LC resident 1998 present A3
Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli LC resident 1998 present A3
Mouse-brown Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus LC resident 1998 present A3
Chestnut-and-black Weaver Ploceus castaneofuscus LC resident 1998 unknown A3
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina LC resident 1998 present A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Pirang Forest Park 100

Land use

Land use % of IBA
forestry -
nature conservation and research -
other -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pirang Forest Park (Gambia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pirang-forest-park-iba-gambia on 23/11/2024.